Qwen3.6 Max Preview
Released
2026-04-20
Last refreshed
2026-10-17
Status
Researched 7d ago
DeprecatedOpen sourceCommercial use: permittedMultimodalCodingRAGAgentsLong contextVisionClassificationJSON / Tool use
Qwen3.6 Max Preview is a legacy integration reference; keep it only while you identify a current replacement.
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Specifications
- Family
- Qwen3.6
- Released
- 2026-04-20
- Lifecycle
- Retired October 10, 2026
- Context
- 256K
- Architecture
- Mixture of Experts
- Specialization
- general
- Openness
- Open source
- License
- Apache 2.0OSI-approvedPermitted
- Weights
- Unknown
- Code
- Unknown
- Training
- Pretrained
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Pricing
Output / 1M
$6.24
Input / 1M
$1.04
Cheapest of 2 routes · Alibaba Cloud PAI-EAS
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About
Qwen3.6-Max-Preview is a proprietary frontier model from Alibaba Cloud built on a sparse MoE architecture, available for preview as part of the Qwen3.6 series.
Providers(2)
Compare all 2Compare API pricing across 2 tracked provider routes for input and output tokens, batch, and cached reads when available.
| Provider | Input / 1M | Output / 1M | Cache | Route |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alibaba Cloud PAI-EAS | $1.04 | $6.24 | - | Serverless |
| Vercel AI Gateway | $1.30 | $7.80 | read $0.260 | Serverless |
Deprecated provider routes(1)
| Provider | Status | Catalog ID |
|---|---|---|
| OpenRouter | Deprecated | qwen/qwen3.6-max-preview |
Capabilities
VisionMultimodalReasoningJSON / Tool useStructured Outputs
Benchmark peer barsfor Coding
SWE-bench VerifiedRank 23 of 102
LiveCodeBenchRank 17 of 75
Benchmark scores(6)
Scores are benchmark-specific and are direction-aware: the same numeric gap can mean very different outcomes across suites. Use the leaderboard context and this model's provider route to decide whether the winning margin is meaningful for your workload.
| Benchmark | Score | Version | Evaluation | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 86.0 | diamondObserved 2026-05-12 | — | ||
| 82.0 | MMMUObserved 2026-05-12 | — | ||
| 28.8 | HLE Thinking Level Max (no tools), from DataLearner (accuracy)Observed 2026-06-07 | — | ||
| 87.1 | Ranked 10th of 120 on LiveCodeBench from DataLearner (pass@1)Observed 2026-06-07 | — | ||
| 88.5 | MMLU-Pro (accuracy)Observed 2026-06-07 | — | ||
| 78.8 | SWE-bench Verified (resolved)Observed 2026-06-07 | — |
Migration checks
No linked migration route is available for this model yet.
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Created by
Pricing
Output / 1M
$6.24
Input / 1M
$1.04
Cheapest of 2 routes · Alibaba Cloud PAI-EAS
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